carnal desires
Cravings of flesh
Carnal desires are physical appetites, especially sexual urges.
The phrase emphasizes bodily rather than spiritual or emotional longings: He struggled to suppress his carnal desires.
Carnal comes from a Latin word for flesh, and the phrase often appears in religious or moral contexts where such desires are treated as base or sinful.
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- sexual appetiteDesire for physical intimacy
arousal · taboo · guilty pleasure · passion · seduction · yearning · indulgence · gratification · craving · eroticism · hedonism · sin · obsession · giving in · permissiveness · primal · animal instincts · flesh
- worldly attachmentsworldliness, earthly pleasures, materialism, attachments, possessions
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- biblical bodybody, flesh, blood, bone, bones
carnal desiresasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
self-denial · abstinence · self-mortification · celibacy · chastity
carnal desiresplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
brotherly love · sisterly love · agape · spiritual love · pure love
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